I am so in love with this Summer pasta dish - Fresh Bruschetta Pasta with Buttery Shrimp is light yet flavorful and ready in 20 minutes. A fresh bruschetta sauce of tomatoes, basil, olive oil, onions, garlic and cheese is mixed together and tossed with warm pasta and buttery shrimp. This is a wonderful recipe for date night or to feed a crowd!
Hello beautiful. Can this dish be any prettier? Maybe because it's a bowl of pasta and any pasta is beautiful to me - my favorite meal!!
This is … [Read more...]

Brown Sugar Soy Glazed Salmon is a delicious weeknight dinner. Fresh salmon is marinated in a mixture of soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger, garlic and red pepper flakes then baked until light and flaky. Serve with a green vegetable and a healthy flavorful dinner is served!
Easy weeknight meals are a must in our house. With two kiddos and a husband that is gone 12 hours a day, I NEED to have easy, healthy and delicious recipes available for dinner. I have also been asked by several readers … [Read more...]

Hello delicious semi-homemade meal.
I'm just going to put it out there. I did not make the soup portion of this recipe. It's totally store-bought and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I have a toddler and a husband that is gone 12 hours a day.
I need store-bought soup sometimes.
Ya feel me? Ok good. I only say this because I recently had someone make a rude comment about using canned chicken and store-bought hot sauce for a recipe. I was all like DELETE. I am huge believer that if … [Read more...]

This is not your typical caesar salad.
I hope that's okay with ya! Caesar salads are one on my very favorite salads - I crave them often. I like how simple and crunchy they are and I can't get enough caesar dressing.
But sometimes it's nice to switch things up, ya know? Spice things up a bit like roasting chickpeas and capers and adding them to your salad. Yes...you need to roast capers...it's the most amazing thing ever. Roasting chickpeas is not unheard of - very healthy and a great … [Read more...]

It's getting fancy over here!
I am seriously dying over this dish. You guys...have you ever had chicken puttanesca? It's a popular Italian dish that's salty, tangy garlicky and so delicious. Well...Vin and I are on a fish kick, by fish I mean salmon. Salmon, salmon, SALMON. Don't get me wrong, I heart salmon, so much, but I needed to switch it up.
Tilapia is nothing like salmon...it's cheap, white, not fatty and is similar to chicken in that it needs flavor to make it taste good, which is … [Read more...]

Are you surprised?
I know...me too. It may seem sort of random that I am sharing a curry recipe on the blog given that I often blog about dessert, Italian food and salad. It's not that I don't like curry, I do! I actually really like it but I didn't grow up eating Indian food (neither did Vin) and we don't currently indulge in Indian food that often.
With that said, I LOVE CURRY.
Confused?
Well I love this curry recipe, at least. Awhile back I asked my friend if she had any … [Read more...]

And it's time for another classic Italian recipe.
Have you heard of Tuna and Olive Pasta? It's a staple Italian dish that mixes pasta, tuna, and olives with a light garlic white wine sauce, and is garnished with of course, some parmesan cheese and fresh parsley. I've never made it before (obviously), but my mother-in-law makes this for the family so I thought I would give it a try and come up with my own recipe.
I'm so glad that I did because this recipe comes together in less than 30 … [Read more...]

Can comfort food be healthy?
Well sort of healthy I guess. This Salmon, Pea and Bacon Pasta is a comforting dish that also has tons of flavor and nutrients.
Buuut...there's some bacon involved...and bacon grease.
It's just for flavor though!
This dish has been on my mind for awhile now. I happen to LOVE tuna and was craving a creamy tuna pasta with peas and olives. Sound amazing right? Well, Miss preggo here can't have tuna so I decided to make a somewhat similar pasta dish … [Read more...]

Lobster Macaroni and Cheese.
Need I say more?
Probably not. Lobster Mac totally speaks for itself. But I'm going to talk about it anyway mmmk?
Macaroni and Cheese is the number one comfort food in the WORLD. I have no idea if that's true, but if I had to guess, I might put some money on that. Adding buttery lobster just takes it up like 420803 notches!
Bread crumbs are a must in macaroni and cheese according to Vincent Loizzo. "Give me a lot with the crunchy topping." That's … [Read more...]

Today's post is super special.
I am not only sharing a delicious and healthy meal but I am going to talk a little bit about a very important initiative, The Sustainable Seafood Project.
I met Jessie from Life As A Strawberry at BlogHer Food 14. She is the sweetest gal and an amazing blogger. She is also an advocate for sustainable seafood and started The Sustainable Seafood Project. Jessie and her team bring together food bloggers to help shed light on the importance of sustainable … [Read more...]

eek! This salad makes me so happy.
I have been vacationing the past few weekends in New Orleans and Okoboji Iowa. I hope to share photos with you from New Orleans soon - what an amazing place! I was in Okoboji celebrating one of my best friend's bachelorette parties. Okoboji Iowa is a lake town in the Northwest corner of Iowa. It's.so.much.fun. We had a blast celebrating my friend Beth, hanging in the sun, and drinking cold beers. That's the life people.
When I'm on vacation I often … [Read more...]

Baked Halibut with a Lemon Herb Crust is actually a very easy and delicious weeknight meal. This fish is ready in less than 20 minutes and is definitely a restaurant style recipe. The lemon herb crust is full of fresh herbs, garlic and lemon zest making this halibut taste amazing.
If I had to choose a favorite fish, it would halibut. It's meaty yet light and it does not taste fishy. I love its freshness and how well it cooks. This fish doesn't typically fall apart when cooked unless … [Read more...]